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r A Will's Tb* summer It over, The Mason WaVooM at th. suUe, juu know ; This wsatoer vabmt* wa th isaauu That BOUU U us wptumJ a boau. fferetM OMB (oODd it oool to tbe city. And U* brokers WM. blue.il wu Ihought, |o wa li oven chance (wbat a pity I), AaU BO oaiduiis; llluw wai caught. Is aland uul kUdoU and Llllle, Viola, NuroimaJiJl, Were taft In tin sbads (am I sIilT P) To wait till next >*tr-aod to atch. r*f -^"r*T is doe* In Hie winter tt *oi,wnh say talk aad one eJothes ; Ko beaauya, "By dear ArtmiaU." And none is betrayed to rrosoto. Bul whet you walk out by the water, - eeslsaeosiMijbtrsJItaettcntbobore, jsj) pruuiuest uiamin*'s pltluost daughter Boms maacullB* heart will adore, ^ I be** U ws SJD there next season, We sjtrli. by balf-acieus ud twelves, Will not if am uucd In all reason. To just limply wain with ourtwlves. Ol clrle who were blaiolng aod twenty, VfiOi sous win won near teu*r-Avs. Tburo always wen more than a plenty, And yet not a man julil arrlv*. Bow wearily all the long summer We wauilert-,1 by set ihore and tldt, And feend noavailablt comer A brtosfroom, perhaps, wilh Mi Mat t W* would stroll to the depot and steamer To eee what vu rarer tliao parli, ash one a deliberate ichsmer, And lo, a new bevy of girls 1 Tb* coau tnd the bate wan all wanting, No Karuitut bitorcaU WM seen. And tome irray Loaded old maids were taunting C a of it a tboaght it was mean). Another iaoh year would b awful, For whtt ar* Hue feathen aod clothes, If fate is to make It unlawful Far glib to b lurausaed wttb btaax? hat vanlthed and faded ; I are witkarodaod aera; Hb lover ear hearts hu Invaded TU horrid to wait a wnol* year I BLUE TOSS AMD BLACK ; A Story Of Klotxl iiml I roil " Beeause the people here are too badly Of already, " burst oat tbe overseer. " Do nol be angry, Berr Arthur, because I say il t* year faee , tot il is even so. 1 cannot eomplain ; I have always had more than my deaerts, because your dead mother liked my wif* ; but tbe others I III* work and anxiety day in and day oul, and then scarce the barest nses*earie lor wif* and child. It is, Ood knowe, bitter bread and sour bread w* earn ; bal we mast all work, and tbe mo*t are heartily glad to work, if tbey ean only have their rights a* upon th* otner mines. But here tbey are oppressed ; every penny possible is tak*n from their Beauty earnings ; and thinga are so bad la h* mine) tbat every man on going down eays bis prayers, because be think* hi is likely never lo ootns up again. But there is never any money lor repair* ; and il any of tb* miner* is in seed and sickness, there Ie no money to help him , and (till w* most si** bow hundred* of thousands are sent ew*y to Ihe Kesidcno*. so that" - The old man suddenly paused, and in mortal terror laid hie hand npon hi* go* suping mouth, lie bad spoken in inch erxoiteesenl that be had quite forgotten wb* stood before him. Tb* deep flush wbieb al these last words bad pawed over the yoang man'* fao* flnt recalled him to tesaimbrano*. "Well?" asked Arthur, a* b* became trilent. " Bpeak on, Hartmaun ; you see thai 1 listen." "Heaven help me 1" wbispsred the old man in Ib* grsatesl embarrassment. " ] did not Hunk I bad entirely forgotten" " Who had used np the hundred tbous e>nds ? Too need make no excuse ; Bpeak out freely whatever yon bav* to eay. O do yon believ* that I will betray yon to my father T" " Oh. no ; yon certainly would not d that I" replied th* overseer. " Ton are nol like your father. An indiscreet won to him would ooet a man hla plaoe. Wsll I was only going to eay that all Ibis cause bad blood among tbe workmen, fierr Arthur 'with a timid, supplicating air the old man drew a *tep nearer " if yon would only concern yourself abont the** matter*. You are tb* eon ol the proprietor and some day will inherit all. No one i be so nearly concerned a* you." ';.' ' asked Arthur with a bitterness whiob happily escaped bis uusus pectin) listener. ' I understand none ol tbe wank and necessities of the works ; all this 1 been kepi entirely remote from m*." Th* old man abook his bead sadly " Ood knowa there is nol much to under stand. For tbif, you need uot study tb machinery or tbe mine* ; you need only to ee* and lutcn to th* workmen, a* yon now listen to me ; bnt really no one doe* tbat Whoever complains is sent away fo 1 insubordination, ' so it ii called ; and tbi poor miner, dismissed for this cause, find* another plaoe only with great difficulty." " Herr Arthur, I tell you there i* bills misery here . and this Hi" wbiob U I rich cannot bear to see. It corrodes bis heart .ol though I am all the time talking and prcaehing against hi* id*as, I know tbat In many nspeets, he is right. Things can nol go on in this way ; bnt TJlrioh's plan* for righting matters are godleee and wicked tbey will yet bring him and us all to ruin Herr Arthur" sorrowful tears stood In tha old man'* syee, as b* now anheaitatingl] took late hand ol tb* young heir " Herr Arthur, ia Qod's name I implore yon, take tbi* matter in hand. There is danger for you, lor your father, and for as all. There M rebellion everywhere among tbe miners bat 11 it onoe breaks loose her* among n* then Uearen help us, for il will b* tor Abler During this whole speech Arthur bad stood silent, with a far-off, vacant gazj Mow he lifted bin eyes, and fixed them Madly OB the speaker. I will mention thi* lo my father," be Raid slowly. " Yon may rely upon that, Uartmann." The oversee* let fall th* hand h* held, and started baek. Bow that h* had laid bar* hie wbole heart, ha certainly expected some other reeull than this barren promise Arthur, with a somewhat offended air 4 vnul *k M turned to go. "One thing more, Uartmann," be said Your eon saved my life, and may wel I wounded in having received no thanks i me. I place tittle worth upon life, and possibly I may have undervalued tbe Mcvie* rendered me; hot I should nol bav* been gmilty of snob neglect if "the I bail frowned, and his voice assumed tone "if your Ulrioh bad ar Bt the man hi is. have no desnlos i BBry aokvowleiKmentls repulsede, my late proffered reward was. iiul y *t woajd not bt deemed ungrateful, gay to him I allow yon to present my thank* ; a* lor the rest, I will take counsel by my lather. Wood-day!" H* took th* way o toe park. Tbe over- e*e* gaged mournfully after him, and with a deej drawn si*h aaid softly to him- wl, " Ood grant bte Intercession with hi* fithsr may help us I bnt I do not believe a win." CHAPTER VII. Up al thi Berkow place tbe family qui. a brought oat of to* coeeh- bouse, ooaobmtn set about harnessing the '"" This U something entirely new," b* said to th* servant who had brought the order to baneoe. " Th* young master and mlstrse* coing to drive oat tocethsr ? Thm day mart k* marked red in the calendar." Tbs servant laughed. Tee. and little of pleasure drive il will be ; but it can't be avoided. Return vi*d* an to b* mads In town to tbOM anntooratio people who wer* Istery here to dine : snd II wouldn't look well for tbe hnsband and wife each to go .Joo.. Tney 'd re4b*r, I've M doubt." AuriooioocrJ*."i*id ibe coachman, shaking hi* head. " And they call being married I God debver every one from such a marriag* 1" A quarter of an how later the roach, with Arthur Berkow and ' ! It, relied i he ruau loading to the towu. lut weather lad been tolerable during tbe forenoon, but raa now quite threatening Tb* sky wan veroatt, tb* wind, IL or eased to a gale, .rove the gray clouds before it, and now and then a shower fell npon th* already am soaked earth. It had beeu an exceedingly rough, etormy pring on* of tboae springs to make elty 'ople ebon a sojourn in the country M though May had come, tbe tree* ot tbe lerkow park were bare and leaflsea ; tbe harp winds and oold goal* of rain, to the leipair of the gardener, bad deetroyed tbe 1 j wery array b* had so carefully nursed on he terrace and in tbe garden bed*, an< utitatsly rent out and killed every blossom ihat dared expand in the open air. Th Mttomles* roads, the rain soaked forests made every carriage drive a* unpleaian as dangerous an undtrlakiug. Day after day of wind and rain, a gray >veroa*t uky, mini wreathed hills and val leys, and, worst than all tbeae, a dreary comfortless household, where no sunbeam penetrated the foe whiob closed thioke and thicker around, where every blossom that sought to open was frozen in tbat 10; atmosphere of contempt and hatred ; when a husband and wife regarded as a kind o: torture, wbiob each would escape a* toon a* possible, that undisturbed, dual lit which newly married people ar* wont to consider Ibeir highest happiness. All thi might well explain the deep pallor on in young wife'* face ; tb* expression of pain around the mouth, wbioh all her lelt eon trol could not efface ; tbat sombre, melan oboly glano* with wbiob who surveyed thi rainy landscape. 8h* had imposed more upon ber strength than il could bear. In tbat tral transpor of courage and filial love, the sacrifice hat been cheerfully made ; but it was tbe hour and days alter tbe sacrifice, il wae Ihi passive submission to the self imposed dee liny, which demanded Ihe real courage, th full strength of will ; and, much as Eog* nie possessed both, it was only too eviden bow painfully this " afterward" oppressed ber. Her husband, who reclined in the further corner of the coach, so far removed tba th* fold* ot her (ilk dress scarce touches his oloak, seemed none tbe more obeerf ull> to endure bis destiny. Hi* face bad, indeed Iway* been as pale, hi* eyes always heavy, hi* manner always unsympathetic a* now but there was in hi* features an expreseion Eugenie bad never *een before and whieh tb* Tail four weeks bad engraven there a bitter morose expression, which that indifferent, klatt air oould not oouoeal He gsaed silently out of tbe coach wiu- dow, and seemed as little inclined to con- vene a* Eugenie herself. They bad, upon taking their seals, m*t for tb* flnt time to-day, and had exchanged some common plaoe remark* abont th* weather, tbe jour ney, and it* object ; tben an icy lilenoe had ensued, whiob seemed likely to continue until their arrival in th* town, Tb* jaua| was pleasant in no respect Though in this luxurious coach, they fell nothing of tb* outside discomfort, yet then soft cushions could not wholly guari against tb* roogbnee* of tbe road, ove taiob, in spite ol tbe powerful horses, th*; dragged along very slowly. They bad gon nearly ball th* distance, and were in tbe middle of th* forest, when a violin shook threw the carriage almost on its side The coachman, witb a half-muttered oath reined in hi* horses ; then b* and the foot man stepped down from th* box ; and, from tbe excited conversation between them, ' was evident tbat something waa Ib matter. " What has happened ?" asked Eugenie excitedly springing from ber seat. Arthur snowed far less interest to kno' what bad happened ; b* would, from al appearances, have quietly waited nnli tidings were brought him ; but now ha 111 in duly bound to let down the window, and repeal hie wile'* queetion. " Give yourself no tin**hnes. Uerr Bsr kow," said tb* ooaohman, who, the reins in bis band, appeared at the window. " W came within a hair's breadth ol bein upset, but luckily we have escaped. Borne thing must be broken in the bind wheel Franz i* looking to see what il U." Th* intelligence Franz brought wets no very consoling. Tbe wheel was so badly injured that it would be impossible to gi on. Both servant* in perplexity looked a their master. " I fear thi* aoeident will oblige u* to give np our visit," said Arthur indifferent! lo bis wile. " Frans will have to go to tb* house for another carriage ; and, when h returns, it will b* too late." " Nothing tben remain* tor n* bnt to g* out and return to the house." " To jet out! ' asked Arthur in aitoniih meut. " Do you really intend to return on foot ?" " And do yon really intend to remain in this oasriage until Franz bring* as an other ?" Arthur oertainly bad thi* intention ; h thought it far better to lie two hours in thi corner of th* ooaoh where he would be bielded from wind and weather, than venture on a toot tramp through tbe oold wet forest. Eugenie saw this, and smilw disdainfully. " For my part," she said " I will go baek on foot rather than endur this tedious, aimless waiting. Frans wil aooompany me, a* be is obliged to go. Too I suppose, will remain in the coach ? would on no account take upon myself the responsibility of your catching cold." The unconcealed irony ol these word effected what the accident could not havi done ; they drove tb* young man from tin corner. He rose erect, burnt open the door and th* next moment stood outside, offer ing hi* hand to attaint bia wife down tbi carriage steps. Eugenie hesitated. " I implore you, Arthur" " I implore yon at least not to make a spectacle to our servants by choosing tb company of Franc in preference to mine Shall I aseiit yon down ?" The young wit* gav* an almost imper oeptibl* shrug of tbe shoulder* ; still notn ing remained to her bul to accept tb; prof fered hand ; for the ooaebman and fervant stood very near. Bbe stopped from the ooaoh ; and Arthur said to the attendant " I will accompany ber ladyship bom*. Take the coach to torn* plaoe of shelter, and follow with tbe horses as quickly as possible." Tbe servant* took off tbeir hate, bowed, and then set abont executing tbe command. With a somewhat repellent gesture, Bog*- nie refused ber husband's offered arm. 'Hear we will be obliged to forego tbi jromenade *tep here," she said. " I can ook out tor myself." Bbe, in fact, tried this ; bnt It Was only at th* very flnt step, to sink ankle deer in Ihe mud ; and when, in her fright, she fled to the side of tbs road, it wa* to sink deeper hi tb* water. Ther* *be stood undecided what to do. Tb* road, seen mi th* ooaoh, bad not appeared half bad as she found II. " We cannot get on here," said Arthur, ho bad tried tbe same experiment with like result*, " W* must go through the wood." " Without knowing the way 1 We shall get lost." ' Oh, DO ! not lit all. I remember * 'ootpath I often trod when a boy ; It leads tver tbe hill down Into th* valley, and ha* he recommendation of very much shorten ng th* route. W* muni seek il." Eugenic still hesitated ; bnt th* absolute mpoaalbutty of walking over the half- lood*d highway, rendered still mor* mp*teabU by carriage rote, left her no shoiee. 8b* followed her husband, who at one* turned to the lelt ; and, a lew minutes later, th* deep, dark green of the fir* embraced them both. There wait, possibility ol passing over Ihe root*) aud mouse* ot thi* fonel lloor, at least foe unspoiled feet, r'or a gentleman and a lady, aoouitc roed only to tbe pan- quet o! the -alon, t-.-r whose use, a', uvflrv ilttl j'vallt , | l" 1 ' (jftdUh: fc> Ut 'ady, *nu whom only wulfc- L3 TOW imited to a ramble through Ibe park in fine weather, this route otfared difficulties noogh ; and, besides this cloudy, etormy lay. Th* rain had ceased ; bat th* whole egion dripped witb moisture, and tb* loads threatened at any moment to send lo wn a Dew shower. Over an boor'* dis- tance from home, in tb* midst of Ihe forest, through wbioh they must wander at ran- dom like a pair of adventven, without carriage or servant, without tbe aligbteat protection against wind and rain, U wa* ndeed a situation strange as desperate for Arthur Berkow and hi* nigh born contort. Tbe young woman, with her usual reira- Intion, yielded to tbe inevitable. After the Irst ten step* she had aeeu tbe impossi- bility ot rescuing her light silk dread and white IfUinoui ; and, quietly yielding both a prey to tbe wet moss and drip- ping trees, she marched courageously onward. Bnt her toilet, little designed for an excursion like thi*, was slight protection from the weather ; shivering, she draw tbe white caehmere wrap about her, and shud- dered involuntarily as the oold blasts swept pa**. Herbosband remarked this, and paused. In his effeminacy, he had thrown a oloak around him for protection, even in the close carriage. Now he silently took off tbe oloak to plaoe it around hi* wit*'* ihonldere ; but wilb a very decided gesture, *h* drew back- I thank you, I do not need it." Bat yon are taking oold." Ob, no I not at all. I am not so smsoept- ible to tbe weather a* yon are." Without a word Arthur took baek the oloak ; bat he did not put il on again ; he threw it negligently over his arm, and, in hi* lidht, society drees], walked by her tide. Eugenie repressed her rising vexation ; she scarce knew henelf why tbi* oonduot so wounded ber ; but ah* would tar rather have seen Arthur carefully guard hi* pre- oiona health by enveloping himself in tbe oloak sbe bad so disdainfully rejected thuoi thus recklessly expose himself to wind and weather. A calm, deliberate submission to th* inevitable wa* her business ; the oould nol comprehend bow her husband bad assumed tbi* right ; and leait of all could ibe com- prehend bow he, who bad at flr*l been hor- rified al tbe bar* idea of thi* forest pro- meuade, now seemed not at all to feel its inconvenience*, while the already ball repented b*r resolution. A gust of wind tor* the bal from Arthur'* bead, and blew it down a declivity from te depth* b* could nol recover it Unmoved b* gazad after th* fugitive, and with an almost defiant gesture threw back long brown hair. Hi* feet, at every BMP, lank deep in the wet moss ; and yoi to Eugenie hisstep had never before eeemec so firm and elastic. Tbe farther b* pressed Into the green forest recesses, th* mor* bis maanar low IN wonted liitleasnees. His usually droop ing eyss glanced sharply around to find th path they sought. The damp, gloomy for sit really seemed to have an enlivenio influence upon him, in such deep draught did he inhale tbe strong, aromatic odor o the fin, BO rapidly did he lead hi* youni wife under Ibeir rustling top*. Buddenl be paused, and cried out almost trinm pbantly " There i* tbe path 1" Tbey aaw before them a narrow too path, whiob led straight through th* lort seeming to lose itself in the distance Eugenie gased in surprise at hsr husband sbe certainly had not believed that b would prove a sata guide, and had quite made np ber mind that they should b* oa u th* wood. " You seem well acquainted witb Ibis region," she said, as she trod th* path by hi* side. Arthur mailed ; bnt this smile wa* no lor her ; it was for the surroundings, wbioh bs now carefully scanned. " I ought to know my woods," be said " We are old friend*, though it i* a long long time sync* w* have met." Eugenie lilted her head in astonishment Tbia tone ahe bad never beard Irom hi lip* ; there lay within il, deep, represse feeling, which, as it were, betrayed itwl in hie voice. " Do yon love tbe forest so muoh ?" sbe asked, involuntarily prolonging a oou versa tion wbioh would otherwise have eudid in the usual silence. " Why, tben, during Ihi* wbole four weeks, have you no entered it T" Arthur did not answer. He itemed to bed reaming, and hi* glanoe lo*t lUelf ia the green, mist veiled depth*. " Why f he at length replied sullenly ; " I do not kno 1'erhapi I wa* too lazy. One at length unlearns all in your lieaidenoe, especially thi longing lor hi* woodland solitudes." " In my Residence ? I thought you were tbe same ae reared there." " Certainly I only with thi* diflcreuco my life ended when my BO called education began. AU tbat bad any vain* in life lo mi, I lilt behind m* when I entered those walla ; for my early, fiunny boyhood y*ari were tb* only one* worth living." II was a hall *ad, half resentful toni in which be uttered the word*. Bnt in Eugenie'* soul tb* old bitterness agiia welled up. How dared he speak ol *aori no* and renunciation? What could be know of these ? For her, too, all happiness bad ended with her childhood years ; tor ber, witb ber entrance into sociely , hi begun tbat ascending scale ot oar** hum ill aliens and despair, whiob to h*r, as Ib* confidante of her father, the on* initiate! into all the family *eer*te, bad been tb bitter school, that while it bad steeled ber character, had also robbed her of all In* joys of youth. Bow different had bean her husband's position bis past life ? And he epoke ot these as of misfortune* I Arthur leemed to read these thoughts in tier face, a* he turned to push asid* hangini; boagh, wbioh would have brushed against her. "You think I, of all, have th* I reason lo complain. Very likely. At lea**, I have always been told I have an enviable exiatence. But I assure you it i* some times desperately barren and comfortless snob a life, where Fortune sbowera all her gift* tt your feet, and where yon tread bese gills under your feet because yoB eally do not know what else to do with hem ; HO barren and comfortless that yon Bomstimes feel as if, at any price, yon would break away from thi* gilded happi new, even though il were to go oat into storm and tempest 1" Eugenie'* dark eye* hung la speechless astonishment npon his faee, and a inddeu fiery glow mounted to hi* forehead. Tbe young husband seemed all at onoe to realza ibat he bid been guilty of tbe unpardon bleorime of betraying emotion in tbe >reseno* of bis wit*. He frowned, apd threw a malicious glano* npon tb* forest, bioh had led him to thi* outbreak of feel ng ; bnt the very next second be fell quite >ack into the old blau manner. We really have mor* of storm and ernpssl than 1* agreeable," be said care eesly, turning bis back to Eageni* ae he trode onward. " Tb* wind* rage fearfully n tbat bare hill np there. We must wail til tbe worst U over ; wa oannot go down IOW." In tact a* they emerged from tbe wood, be Rtorm met tb*m; and so terrible w*e 11* ight that tbey oould eearo* stand npon leir feet. It was evidently impossible to o on in tbe path, which now led abruptly own Into the open valley; there wa* dan- er ol being seised by tbe wind, and burled to the depths below. Bo notbifjg remained it to wait her* in th* protection of tb* reel, until there should b* a lull hi th* mpast. Thsy stood onder a giant fir, whieh tow- red op at the forwt'i edge. Tb* storm book those green arms the tree Mtxpread to protect these two who sought its shelter, and they swayed sighing up and down ; but th* ttrru.gray trunk i>;UlofTsr*d aitav >tnd u MBge tor Eugenie, v.-ho liMtd ASS i~ need, tber* tuipbt havi*ffeD room tor two persona ; but they would have had to press oloee together ; and it wa pro bably this consideration which decided Arthur to remain sssuidiog wine etepa from her, although be waa only partially shield ed, and the swajing branches rained down upon him abundant drops from tbe lasi shower. His hair fluttered in the wind and tbe drope ran down trom bis. unoovarsc forehead. B till be did not make the slight- est effort to change bis place. " Will jou would you not laluw oouiu here ?" asked Eugenia hesitatingly ; while she moved a little to one side to give him room upon the only dry plaou. 14 Tnnnk you! I would prefer not to annoy yon by my nearness." " Well, al least, put on your oloak." This time th.re waa a eouud as nl entreaty ID bar voice. You will be qaite we: through." " >; over mind. I am not so susoeptibls to tbe weather as you suppose." Tbe young woman bit her lips. It Is no' pleasant to be repulsed with your own weapon* ; but more than all eke il augere< her this contempt with which be let th whole fury ol tbe storm break over him joat to give her aleaaon. She really though this contempt indescribably ridiculous ihf oertainly oould not suffer from it ; and it was a matter of indifference to bsr whether he took oold and got sick or not but it enraged her to see him stand thsr so calmly, sod maintain bis place in th midst of the storm, perhaps with difficulty but etill to maintain it be who halt an boa ago, sleepy and shivering, had reclined amii the cushions of the Inxariuus oosob, ani seemed to recoil from ever} breath of air that passed through the glass windows. Did be really need ttorm acd tempest tc prove to ber that he was not quite tbe weak ling sbe bad deemed him ? Arthur, meantime, did not look as if b oared to prove anything ; he seemed tc have quite forgotten ber presence. Will folded arms, he stood there, and gsed n| to tbe wooded moantaina, the greater par tion of whieh were visible from Ibis height Slowly his syee swept from one Bummit K another ; and as they did BO, Eugenie mud the surprising discovery thai ber husbam bad very handsome eyee. This indeei was a surprise; for hitherto she b< only known that there, under those bal closed lids, rested something indolent am sleepy, and she bad never taken th* trouble to observe farther. If he ohanoed to look up, it had always been slowly, lazily, as it tbe gUnoe ooe him infinite trouble. And yet this glanoe was well worth seeing. Judging from th expression ot the face, one would have sup posed thai under those sunken lids lay dull, oold, blue eye ; but, in truth, there glowed an eyeot a deep dark brown, indo lent and lifeless as yet ; still one knew tba these eyes oould flame up in energy an passion. II was as if a world, long sine sunken and forgotten, lay imprisoned beneath this veiled glanoe, awaiting onl. its appointed hour to again emerge from the abyss. Again in this young wile's sonl ros tremulously tbe consciousness ib* ba already felt while in the forest tbe oer tainty tbat tbe father bad stoned icflnilel in tbe education of bis son sinned past al atonement. They stood, both solitary, up tbareot. tb bill. A veil of mist lay over tbe foreal enveloping il in dense grey shadows, wbiol now climbed up tbe dark firs, now in flat teriug streamers waved from their topi and now, ghostlike, flitted along the ground And tbe same cloudy veil swayed and flnt lere nroand tbe mountains yonder ; the mists now dissolving, now rolling them selves together, afar np on those dusk) summits and down in the steaming val leys. There waa an endless ebbing an< flowing, a falling and rising ; one momen it seemed as il mountain and forest wculi open to their lowest recesses ; the next, as if they would veil their seorets from every mortal eye. All around raged tbe storm, ploughin into these century old nre as into a corn field. Groaning, tbe giant trunks sway* to and fro; sighing, tbsir stately top bowed and bent, while above them lay tb gray olouds in yawning, shapeless masses, o swspl onward in wild disordeily flight. I was a storm snob as has birth only in tb boom of tbe mountains ; and yet it was i spring storm, whjoh raved acd roam around those far off heights. Upon these blustering (in ions eom tbe n>riog. Nol ^anny and smiling a down in tb* valleys, but rough, grioi aiii terrible. But it wae still tbe spring' breath which swayed the storm, the xpnug' salutation wbtoh rang out above all tbi riot. In a spring storm, wild even as this, ther lies a promise of tunny days to oome o tbe flowers and perfume that will ere loo gladden the earth ; a presage of tha mighty, creative life already struggling t bring up its thousand germs to the light. And they hear the oafl and answer it these roaring forests, these rushing brooks these streaming valleys. In this roarin and foaming and raginr, still rings oat tb triumph khoat of Nature, who has now thrown off tbe last fetters of winter b* cry ol joy tba) bails tbe approaching deliv rer : " The ipring ii coming I" It is something mysterious, mob so bou of spring ; and the myths of the mountains lend it their own romantic spell. The; tell ol tbe mountain spirit, who then stridei on through his kir.gdom, and wfaoea migb in such an hour, blessing or ouraing, passes into the life of tbs mortal who lingers in this kingdom. Whatever than unites, is united forever ; whatever there separates is separated for all eternity. They needec no outward union, tbeae two tip on tbe hil yonder ; they were united by tbe atronges bond that oan make two mortals ons; and yet they stood so far apart I They were as mush stranger* to each other as if a worl( lay between (hem. Tbe silence had endured a long time Eugenie was the first to break 11. "Arthur 1" He started as if from awakening, and turned to her. " What is your with f" 11 It is BO cold up here 1 Will yon not lend me your cloak?" A flush pawed over the young man's face, as in speechles* Borpris* he glaneed np to her. He knew that tbi* proud woman would rather have frooen in the ley blasts than thus condescend to ask for the cover- ering sho bad scornfully rejected ; and yet she did so, in a hesitating tone, with down- oast eyee, M if confessing a wrong. Tb* next moment he was near her with theoloak. 8heitoodnlent,whlleb*wrspped it around her shoulders , but, w he was about to torn back to bis plaoe, Bbe gave him a ante, reproachful glanoe. Arthur seemed to heeitate for a moment ; but eon Boious tbat this glanoe had been almost tbo same as an entreaty, he conquered bis obstinacy, and remainod l ber side. ' (To be oonrtjiaed). A Baptist ohuroh at Ooala, Fla., bat ex - polled all its members who hare signed petitions for liquor licences. Superiority iu American hotels over those of England, as Judged by Bladncoofi, lies n tbe fact tbat whatever the guest want* is ready for him at all hours. From the x>*ting of a letter to the eating ol a meal L inds tbe facilities in readiness). lu* Vienna correspondent of the London aily Tflf graph says : " Not very long ago friend of mine who had been the Ozar's ueot at Qataobina, was told by Her Majesty he Czarina that tbe life ol tb* Imperial amily was oneol constant anxiety. 'Indeed,' added tbe Kmptess, ' I almost dread, some- imes, lest tbe milk given to my children in b* morning should contain poison.' " i H in > i TOPI;I. Tax cotton manufacturer* in Bl. Peters- bui-g huyt .'uooeen.'uUy u;iplmj eleoirteity f')i the I'tupoae of bku^hioK o^tuin and il-i nun. , an well ab iionu^. liis uiatcrua is first steeped in water, whieh is then detouii on.d by electricity, tbi) oxygen thus set frs t oiioe acting on tbs iibres. This process not only occupies less tims, but is cheaper than the on* hitherto adopted. TBI statement in tbe memorial tribute in iht fortnightly Revitto to Lord Hoogbton that h* had obtained tbe laureateehip lor Tennyson on the death of Wocdswortb by making Bir Robert Peel, then Prime Minister, acquainted wilb " Looksley Hall " and " Ulysses," must be ineorceot. At tbe period of Wordsworth's death Bir Ribc.it Peel bad caused to be Prime Minister fur four years Mid bad been suo- oeeded by Lord John Husssll. Teniiyaou ban always heenU-ii^vca M have been tbe Qaoen's owe speeiui choice. A rikiros, to tbe watch factory at Wallham, desonbiue; some minute screws, says : " A small hea^i of grain was abown to us, looking like iron filings or grains of pepper from a pepper oaater apparently tbe mere dust of the machine whiob turned them oat and these, when examined with a microscope, were seen to be perfect screws, eaeh to be driven to its plaoe with a screw driver. It is one of the statistics of Wallham, worth remembering, thai a single pound of steel, costing but fifty cents, i* thus manufactured into 100,000 screws, which are worth til. AJTBB a visit to some ot the Alaska glaciers, Mr. Thomas Meehan stales that beneath the Muir glacier, said to be 400 miles long, flows a rapid torrent, wbioh he estimates to be 100 feel wide and lour feet in average depth, and which runs summer and winter without interruption. At its termination the glacier bangs over the sea and gives off ioeberge. Mr. Meehan remarks that the great ioe sb**ts have Ibeir lakes, rapids, waterfalls, hills and valleys ; that their waterways change their courses at times through tbe melting, and that melting proceeds freely in the tun's lays, bat not in tbe shade. Ktv. DB. QXOBSC JcrrBXT, of Glasgow, Scotland, has preached more than forty-six years to tbe same congregation. To on* of bis fcrmr rwri>hloc' r, -:ow a New York mrouu, l>.. J.Hrey explained tbe neoret of bis being abls to interest the earn* audieno* so long. " I read every new book tbat ha* a bearing upon my tpjoial work," b* said, " and make extract* trom il, and index them, so that at any moment I oan tkd them when wanted. In this way I keep myself from moving in a rnl. I woik as hard ae I used to at 80, and I ke*p so far ahead with my sermons that th re are always ten or fifteen anflnisbed OLM lying in my drawer ready to reoive tbe reunite ot my latest readings. I call tbeni >l*ep- lug sermons,' but it i* they that sleep, aud not tbe people who hear them." A coiJUisraNDXirr of tbe Ban Francisco BulUlin says that Bright-m You g, jun , and bis agents are busy I'urtuotiug arrange- ments lor Mormon colonization in Mtxioj, and thai, too, within lue zone wbereio foreigners are prohibited from acquiring real estate. They leatu lands for uiuety- nine years, and introduce a clause by which tbe laud* are to be rslene J to tbo assignees or their bein at the expiration ot tba lease for a trifling sum. Ilsd UK ) n Kciiil land in Mexioo beyond tbe Kjue thu) oould have obtained better land and better terms, and the inference is tbat they desire to ereot a territory of ttieir own between Mexioo aod tb* United Slates when by they muy, ia the event of tbe American purchase uf ttae Northern Btatea of Mrxioo, have a locution anrivalling Ibat ol Bait I, ike. TBMMRAMCI people wno think il wrong 'or doctors to prescribe alootol will be interested to know tbat a mediolue has been found wbiob may, in many diseases, be substituted for il. Dr. Burroughs, in the Therapeutic Qattlle, states thai i.itru- gljoerme as a heart stimulant is tar superior to brandy, and may be gives with confidence whenever tbe administration of brandy i indicated. Two drop* of a 1 per cent, solution are equivalent to an ounce ol brandy, aud the tffcow of tbe drag ar* lull immediately..!! creates no unnatural erav- ing. Tbe IJOstor giraa a detailed amount of the oases ia wbiob h* has employed il, and Audi, after an exteotivt experience, Ibat it u ol great value in shuck from acci- dents, faintnese afltr rnrgiotl operations, failure of the heart'* aotion due to chloro- form, lor opium poisoning, asthma and tb* collapse of fever*. CBABCOU. U an antiseptic, and may often be taken as a medicine with much benefit, to relieve the stomach from excess of aoid and to promote digestion. Il ia a mistake to suppose that birds and animals in a state of nature oannot procure charcoal and would not ase it it they oould. Fires occur in tbe wilderness every season and charred tree* ar* of common oooorrenoe. Deer and birds est Ibis obarooal very freely, and pigs roaming the wood* ar* eager for it. When charcoal is not attainable rotten wood i* eaten as a substitute. So that it i* natural lor animals to bav* charcoal sup- plied to tbem, and for poultry it is a good plan to give them wood ashen, from which they will piek tbe ebarooal, or to obar an sar of oorn in the oven for them now and tben. Pigs should bav* all tbe charcoal they ean eat , It is an antidote to sour stomach and intestinal di*aee*. Two Portuguese explorers, Oaptain Oapello andOommander Ivans, who started last year npon an expedition across Africa. bav* reached tbe Cap* after a moat adven turuuH journey, in Ib* oours* of which they mad* aome discoveries wbioh may have an important commercial bearing. They oame upon a region wbiob ia extraordin- arily rich in copper, thi* being the district of Varanganga, situated between the Lualaba and the Lnapala. It has often been remarked that the venomous African fly, the tsetse, which bad almost extinguished trade between Delagoa Bay and tbe Transvaal, has totally disappeared of late. Mes*ra. Oapello and Ivens found thai this fly wae vary abundant farther north, and tbat, as bad often been stated before, it was always to be seen where thtre wera plenty of elephant*. Stanley, in the coarse of hi* travels, had observed tbe tame phenomenon, and it follow*, there- tore, that the region explored h_y the two Portuguese travellers ia rich in ivory. Tiu enthusiaitio welcome givtn to Bir Frederic Roberts In London indicate* tbat Ii* is hardly lets a favorite ther* than ia India. Hi* recent appointment as Com- mander-in-Chief in India was made the occasion lor many compliments. " Bir Frederick," said th* Timti of India, " has always been adored by every soldier serving under him." " Perhaps ne soldier in India," said Ib* United Strviet OaielU, has ever been better loved or better fol- owed than ' Bobs,' tbe sobriquet by wbiob il* men have always called him. In the case of war with Bnssia 0*n. Robert* IB he one man to whom the people of India would, by acclamation, iutrust tb* conduct f a campaign." A hundred similar utter anoes indicate tbat Oen. Robert* ia very lopular, pirbapt the most popular British oldier of our day. The Qtuettt dwells on be faot that Oen. Roberta has reached his iresent olhoe " at an unusually early age," ad after " a period of service almoet npreoedentedly short." Yet be I* 68 years Id, and was commissioned as second lira- euant more than thirty- lour years ago. le was wounded tu action as far back a* tb e&i>editiobi. and had I . men '- thirl, 1 timuM iu dOHpuiui. < No doubt bis n.rch frottvCabul to CuLxJabar auU his uVKtvurow ol Ayoob Kuu will Iuu* live, both In popular ajid military reoieox- bruuoc. capture of Delhi; and prior to Ihe (ant I *W INTKHKSJTINU c A LI it ,,,.., Afghan war, wh,ob gan< hioj bib die! i ams, he had served in tb* Umbeylab aud \ ***"* -ir n*. fcac* t| >IBm> IRetpsif A ojr respondent of Xmur ban been at tbt> painn to ouloolatt Lo* toany anccUure cvoiy individual in Urtai Britain bash bod r-i.ice taa Norman Uotiqusst, and aitrwa at l.o conclusion that "cue U desou.u.d trim no fewer than lj 000,000 ancestors " tuur grandparents, eight g^-eat-giard parents, and so on. Tb* 4riiwh Mtdieal Kevieu says : " It has beeu asenmsd by som* surely very lbou.bilesa persons that thin is equivalent to Baying that in tbs pedigree ot each individual Ibere hate beeu 16,000,000 true cross**. There are no figure* in exiitenoe, or "^-nfiMc to sbow tbe amouLt end degree of iuiei- marriage in tbe general populaliouK but there ean be no question that 1} if now very considerable, aud . i u former ;iin.- very much greater. lu Many isolated districts intermarrying aenoug tb* indict- uou9 population bu bt en almost invariablo until reoenl nuj<, anit in even flow tbu rulo ratlier than tbe uooptum ; U Boot- land, where peaigrrus have bt>u pr***rvul for many gnutratious, ev.-i by He Btasaot clafrs, consanguinity o-in be traced and Ii recognized between laoulitie which in Kng- laud would be assumed to be entirely un- related. Tbe same thing is true to an even more sinking degree with the peerage ; pedigrees have been carefully preserved, and intermarriage bati betn vb* ruts, tbal is to Bay, intermarriage in tb* same elat-s, Taking tbe grandparent* on tbe leoond remove, a man would have at t) sixth remove lixty-fonr aneeetors, but there must be very few peer* of a ereati >u datiug to Ibe beginning ol the last century I he Nw Mlmr in mlrou,, d. The importance ol the latest news gathered from the starry heavens baa, apparently, been hardly comprehended, even by many ot the astronomer* them- selves. To say that a new Btar has ap- peared among the countless brilliant specks that enliven the sky at night doe* net teem very startling, especially wbeu the new star is so faint as to eeoape all ey*s except those tbat ar* aided by the telescope Tbe u *b Msnpins greater interest, however, wbec it ia ooneiaered that this new btar is a ran, as large, probably, as our era sou, which ban iinaoietily sprung into being iu bb Jpptb* of space, lighting up wilb ll rsdiauoe a comer of the universe hitherto buried in tbe gloom ol peipt.:u.l night. But the moHi interesting faot about tbe new star in Andromeda is that it appuar* lu the centre of a nebula, thus giving some countenance to the assertion which bae b. LU made that it ia a marvellous example of tbe process of nebular evolution by which our own solar ayatem is believed to have been produced. If Ihia is so, however, we have here an instance in which the ex- ceeding slowness ot development aMutned in tbe Nebular Hypotbei is replaced by a sudden touud from tbe nebulous to tbe solar condition. Il appears thai **>rly in August certain observers saw a singularly bright spot in the Andromeda nebula, which, however, was clearly a nebulous meas and net a star. In a month a star glittered in the plaoe of ttae curdling fire-mist t Tim-, if we believe that tbe new star really belongs to the uebola ot Andromeda, men have beheld Ibe birth of a sun, not by gradual processes of contraction covering age* npon ag** of time, but by a sudden spring into being, a burnt of splendor iu which tbe dull and scattered natter ot a dimly glowing nebula has, almoet ia > twinkling, been transformed into a magni- ficently blazing sun, pouring th* sudden light of day into the depths of ipaoe lor millions of milee around it. Wa ean behold no spectacle ou earth eom parable with that. But a great deal of evidence will be required to convince astronomers that this is tb* actual history of what ba* occurred. Tbey will probably sooner believ* tbal tbe new atar ie the result of som* collision ot dark bodies in spaoe, or of a terrific outburst of fiery foroea in such a body lying between us ai.d ttae Andromeda nebula, rather than tbat ib* step from nebula to sun oould be so suddenly performed. Il is a* yet all a great mystery, and tbe solution of it, whatever it may be, cannot fail to prove intensely interesting. lijitirllu t-Rt I. 4SMBI SjffB.*. Five million dozen of eggs are annually exported from tbe Dominion, tbe greater piruon from Quebec and Ontario. Tbe egg import from Eurofe i* also large, bnt ibe bens of tbe Canada* are by far tbe largest factors in this trade, and tie trade increases every year. Egg* pay no duty, and when we rtfltot thai this product comes from millions of bnmble sources tbe poultry yardu of small farmers aud tbat it Is only tbe surplus thai goes to market, we m*y well wonder where and bow tbe billions of egg* ooniumed in the United Btetee are produced. 11 i* an interest tbat may be rated at many tens of million dollars. Vet it i* not among the enumeration* of tbe National Census. Let a* hope that tbe uexl census, tbe eleventh, will cover this important field. It is pro. bable tbal tbe egg oontnmption of our filly-five million inhabitant* ia not less than three billion a >ear, at a valuation of from twenty- five to thirty million of dollar*. There are " efg traiua" on tbe railroads of tbe northern frontier, and the cities and village* ot New Englaud draw most of tbeir eggs from the border, to wbioh they are brought by tbe rai!raad of Canada. Tbo import of eggs at Ogdsunburg alone was valued at one hundred aud fifty thousand dollar* for tbe last fiscal year. As many ar* entered in several other oolUotion districts ; at Buffalo, and in two disiriots in Maine, nearly three times this traffic in imported egg* t* done. Thut-e ei g< ar* taken from the original package), carefully examined by otudle or lamp light, and tben repacked, tbe detective egga being laid an !o. If transportation is not immediate, the eggi are placed iu cold storage warrhcoee*, where the temperature is a few degrees above frecaing. aod there kept until shipped. Tbe world must be fed, and while the imjerial went feeds famishing Europe with grain, and tbs South sends cotton and tobaooo, the favored people of the United 8. ate* nead not begrudge tbe hardworking tar men ol Canada the contribution they ar* able to make to our need* Irom their little farmi. American Agricultural Wt>raub*s> Ials>Mner. Unleaa one ban tb "independent for- tune," on* making him fcuepenuent o financial circumstance*, there Is no oondi tion In civilised life preferab|e to tbat ol anop mechanic. Especially IB thin tbe fao it Ihe mechanic ia competent and feels an interest iu bis work, lie ba* a obmfortabl shop, pleasant fellow-workmen, good tool and a job Ibat will amount to somethiii when it is done ; this I* enough to eonteu a man who ha* a pleasant home or a com forlable boarding place. And yet there are some who look npon shop life a* irk some and perfunotory. Ther* are other* who do not. An Illustration ia recent A fin* workman, a machinist, r seseiug other valuable qualifloa tion* a* an executive manager, publio speaker, and with great personal power of persuasion, wa* induced to take the luperintendeooy aod management of a Young Men'* Christian Association. Ha filled the position latisfaotorily and creditably ; bnt at Isn-t be tired and retiguod Strong influences were brought to induce him to change hi* determination. lie refused, and for nearly two yeari has worked in the shop as a tool-maker. H* gets good pay, but refuses lo be a bo*s only an inspector and work* every day _ an ordinary workman. Recently h* was seen, and asked if tbe change from a publio life to a shop life waa agreeable. He was quite enthusiastic in hie praise of shoo life ; be was independ- ent ; bad no meddling soggeslors to bother him ; could loan his day's work in tb* morning, and see il done in the evening , wa* nobody'* elava or aervitor ; did not have to modify bis plans to suit a com mittos ; bis tight or ten hour* par day wa* hi* absolute limit of work ; and all the remainder waa absolutely and really hi and his family's. Tbis is tbe eort ol mechanic tbal recommend* ihop life, and proves tbat il ia on* ol tb* moet ind*pend- eul thai a sensible man oan follow. II 01. I .M.I. I . I vr. Dr. Bockland, saye Okamberi' Journal, made som txi>erimeut ia rc-gard tj toad* which are olaiuied a* cor olusivs. Be pUo< d twelve toads separately in twelve holts out iu bl.oiB of hard, flinty saudstosie. Tbey wer* firmly aeeUd in. To* iutpriseurd animals were buried three feet deep on Buv. M tb, 1836. At the same time four toad, w t r* depotited in holes cut in tbe heart of an apple tree, and tbe opening secur. lv plugged. Four others were alao placed iu plaeler-of-parii, covered with luting. Oi Dto. lOlb, 18M, all the buried toad* were examined. AU in tbe hard itone and in tbe tree aud two in tbe plaster olj an i were dead. The remainder were djuy. tome placed iu a softer atone were in tolerable good health, aod som* wi re actually fatter than when placid in tb* bole*. From Ihie u would appear tbat in position* where water oau p*n*trats toad-* may live, and even thrive, although bur i. 1 at a oouiiderabl* depth, entirely a) 'r m the light, and any visible means ol utc Hineuoe. U h. , . I II. oii.l<lr r,d I rill, . .. " I have no shopping to do now,'' said * Chicago pool-seller's wife ibe other day t a lady acquaintance, " aod i am just pa* out about it." " Wny ? " was the query " Wby, my husband bring* more trasn borne iti-.u you can think of. There is notamgbt tb .; be doesn't bring in half a dox-u of D!M things thai be gete iu tb* pool room. Yoa'v* no idea. lie bas everything ln-m diamond shirt Binds to silk handktfofii, f ', Tbe other uigbt h* oatni bom* wilb two silk nrubrellas, four hanikerobiela (aim l new), a small diamond <x>llar-butt< u, | . ir ol euff buttons, a new fall overcoat sod a Waterbury wtub. Where does be get all tbene ibingM? Why, iu the pool room. NIC* men, be tells me, coma in there, bit .n horse* and yacht* aud baseball aod slugg? r and such things, aud gel ooruplot. , ' boated,' a* b* calls it; tben they pqt up tbeir trinkets fur money to boy pool licK * wilb, and bait tbe time they never rftt mi them, so be brings them home. It-l 1,104 easiness, UL'I it T " A Chinese sign in a (hop at Sooorro, New Mexico, reads " Sin Wa* In." An Atlanta lady says : " it IB not gen- erally known that the coast negroes intone most of their stories. A ghost story ie always chanted- not onmnsioally, and with a flavor of exaltation. I never go into a Oatbolie church and hear tb* eervioe without thinking ol th* old day* wh*n I listened to negro folk-lore on tbe Or rollna oast." Jolia Smith, th* Oonneo .lout woman who got fams by refusing to pay taxes to a Gov- ernment that would not let ber vote, remarksto those who predicted unbapnineea trom ber marriage fiv* yearn ago, ag'ed 86 that sbe il extremely happy, % n VU Parcels ... Tb* truth ol an old adage, that " there 1* no'.bing new under tbe sun," is exemplified in ib* case ol th* paroeU post, lu 114* archives of tbe London (Bug.) OouerUj Post Office are preserved records ot got 4-1 and parcel*, and even human beings, Doit,g entrusted for transit to tbe post cflhi-.U between 1698 aod 1790. Thus we read Ibat " flllctu 01 uples ot bounds wer* .1 * through port to the King of th* Roman* i two arv*ot-maids going a* lanndresse* o my Lord Ambassador Methenm ; U . Grigbton carrying with him a eow and diver* olber neoeaaariM ; three pound* of tea sent by my Lady Arlington to the Qateo I)jwagr ol EuJand : eleven ouup *, of hooDUs fur M>jor General HotnpetoL," ew. A u ,u .1 Went*, The moat learned mesi in English pro- nunciation are having a dreadful battle of words iu the " London Academy" ud Atbecfeam" over tbe pronunciation ot tb* word "primer," meaning an A-B-C book. Mr E:li says pflm-er, a Cambridge M. A. insistx on pri-mer, and Henry T. Whart n decide* tbat ibe pronunciation el tbe wui d U " oertainly not fixed yet," and thai tb* Sootob say pri-mer. Mr.O. A, Ward say- ; " I think thn ~-i* . < tar Dfltter to pronounce it a pri-m*r. because, nnlea* the m be doubled, tbat is th* more natural mode. I used formerly to bear it o t w. f pronounced primmer than pri-mer, bul for printing type I have heard it called pri-mtr. Sl r ^ U !- y Ultok h aofcbing abeolu-e abont it. t l.ln-l Hr | ' It doesn't s**m possible." "What's that, my dear?" " Why, Mr. Atkinson, the statisticltn. says tbat all the people in th* world could aland ia a field ten miles >qaar." 11 Well, they couldn't." " Rnl, hubby, Mr. Atkinson says BO." " I don't oar* if h* doee. You don't sop- pose a woman oould (land In a crowd like tbat, do you ?" " Why not ?" " Because nobody eonld see her cloth**." > 'l.umlns. Jiiaib Ae remains of Jumbo have arrived at liooheater from St. Thomas, Out , and am now in tb* establishment of Prot. Ward} where tbe skin is to be stuffed and Ibe 9ones of the skeleton united. Al preen* the hide is abont an inob and a half tbtatr, but when properly dressed it will not be more than one half or three quartare ot an nob thick. Jumbo'* age wa* 24 yearn. Prof. Ward estimate* the weight of the elephant when alive al something over liz ton*. Two months will be neosasan to moont tho animal. * WU, 100,000 Toaplr. 1 The gold and scarlet ot tb* ran " Is rivalled in the cupola* of Bt. Peter'* Oathe- Iral, jual unlah**! at Moscow. There are iv* of tbe apolas, and no l*es than 000 pounds ot gold ware used in overlaying hem. Tbe door* of the temple coet 310,000, and npon th* marble fliers wer* :psfcla< 11,800,000. Ten tboneaod won liippere oan be comfortable il their aonti let them wilnia tbi* 112,600,000 tempie. There I* a professional master ol ohar- aotor in calligraphy al Aix-lte-Bains, an bee, dark, bearded, hi* prieitly consume giving an air of clerical dignity. Us th* oro ot tbe hour, and there are nterestitig seances in Ihe apartments of reatladie*. Superstition* Italian* hav* Iready declared him nearly allied to the vil on*. Il is said Ibat taking a letter written by a (*r*on utterly unknown to im, h* will draw an oral portrait of tb* writer, *vn to tb* color of tbe hair and ye* and sketch tbe moral and mental laraateriitio* ol tbe individual witb com- 1-